Dwight and I went on a date this evening. By dinner time, I was so tired that I considered cancelling the date in favor of a nap, but Dwight vetoed that idea. The original plan was to go to the movies to see Julie and Julia, but as of today that is no longer playing here so we had to come up with a Plan B. In the end, we decided to go to Orange City (about 15 minutes from here - Luke goes to high school in Orange City) for dinner and a play. Luke babysat and the kids had subway sandwiches courtesy of Nurse Lisa (Thanks Nurse Lisa!) and unlimited television while we were gone. They love it when we go on a date :-)
We went out for Chinese food at a little hole-in-the-wall place in Orange City that we had heard served pretty good food. Chinese was one of our favorite restaurant food choices back in Holland and, unfortunately, the Chinese restaurant here in Sioux Center just doesn't measure up to that standard. This place is better, but still not as good. What was great was the camaraderie. The place isn't real large and we sat near several tables of "regulars." Apparently these people always gather there on Friday nights. They were all talking and having a good time. Whenever the owner could get out of the kitchen, she joined them. They seemed to genuinely enjoy each other's company and eventually they included us in the fun. A couple of them were special educators serving as consultants in the area schools. One had even heard that our kids had started at Sioux Center Christian and was planning to get out there to see if they had any needs that she could help with. The food wasn't great, but it was pretty good and the company was friendly so I'm guessing we'll be back on another Friday night.
Then we went to a play by the Eastcheap Theater Company. This is a collection of faculty, staff, and students at both Northwestern and Dordt Colleges that get together in the summer to do "theater stuff" and put on a couple of plays. Since this was the first week of classes, they decided to put on a reprise of their summer productions. Tonight's performance, a dark comedy called Fuddy Meers, was in a beautiful theater on Northwestern's campus in Orange City. It was both funny and thought provoking. Since I'm on the Dordt faculty, Dwight and I got in free so it also made for a cheap date. I saw a couple students (even remembered their names) and some other Dordt faculty there as well. All-in-all, it was a very nice evening and I'm glad we decided to go. Since I missed out on a nap, perhaps I'll get to sleep in tomorrow morning instead.
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Date nights are important! We hit downtown Chicago for our anniversary last weekend and also had fun...no play but great Italian food at Beppo di Becas. Glad the job is going so well. Has Dwight started up yet?
ReplyDeleteGlad you got to see a play since you missed the Hope play in June due to the FLOOD. My kids want to know which Chinese restaurant you like so much in Holland... hope you've all had a good weekend. Colin was around last night so we talked to him for a bit.
ReplyDeleteDowntown Chicago sounds like a lot of fun. Glad you had a good time. Dwight has started at both schools and is really enjoying both positions. The schools are very different and both are really small. His position in Ireton is still a bit nebulous, though. I describe his job there as general dogsbody. He pretty much does whatever needs to be done at the time.
ReplyDeleteAs for Chinese, We usually went to China Kitchen across from Walgreens. We also like the one on Lincoln. Glad you got to talk with Colin. I am really wishing he was here with us.